Edwardsville primary intends to become one of the greenest schools in Wales by opening three outdoor classrooms. Grant funding has paid for the outdoor classrooms, environment and development projects and the garden’s permaculture design as well as a gardener. The children will not only learn to grow, harvest and prepare their own food, but the garden will be used as a basis for learning other subjects such as math, science and history. School administrators feel that outdoor learning not only addresses poor eating habits and obesity issues, but also helps raise children’s self esteem and confidence. There are even plans to invite the surrounding community to grow food on a portion of the school’s land in the future.
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